Voice Compare: Lion King - Scar | Behind The Voice Actors James Horan EDITOR'S OPINION Ah yes Scar, one of Disney's most renowned villains whom is often considered to be a classic example of a sinister manipulator (with an more than occasional troublesome ego). In the classic 1994 film "The Lion King" he was voiced by known British actor Jeremy Irons. Jeremy is fairly well known for being a character actor and this is a fairly good reason why and lets just say I can understand why its one of Jeremy Irons' most renowned performances as it was a perfectly suitable for Scar's personality. Though for a little bit of trivial info, Jeremy Irons temporarily damaged his vocal cords so at least for the latter portion of the highly renowned Villain song "Be Prepared", VA Jim Cummings took over and lets just say he was a definitely suitable replacement even if it is only brief.

(Oh yes and Jim also voiced Scar in his cameo in the Lion King II, heck some people couldn't even tell that Jim Cummings did the last part of the song "Be Prepared".) A little over a decade later in Kingdom Hearts II, while there were role reprisals in that game for Disney Characters Scar wasn't one of them in which he was voiced by James Horan. I will say this much that James did certainly try to sound like Jeremy Irons' Scar voice but it came off as an average at best impression. (And KH2 probably should have just used Jim Cummings I mean he was definitely already in the game.) I am going with Jeremy Irons and Jim Cummings the most and James Horan at a semi-distant 2nd place. Pokejedservo Has Disney Been 'Lion' About Jeremy Irons' Singing Voice? | The Huffington Post Has Disney Been 'Lion' About Jeremy Irons' Singing Voice? 09/19/2011 11:45 am ET | Updated Nov 19, 2011 110 Jim Hill Entertainment journalist and Walt Disney Company expert It's one of the more memorable moments from Disney's The Lion King.

When Scar reveals -- in the song "Be Prepared" -- his plan to murder Mufasa. It's hard to single out which element really puts this musical number over the top. Tim Rice's witty lyrics. Those goose-stepping hyenas or Jeremy Irons' sinuous vocal performance. But here's the thing: The Academy Award-winner didn't actually sing "Be Prepared" ... Well, not all of it, anyway. "Jeremy developed vocal problems while he was recording that number for The Lion King," veteran voice actor Jim Cummings explained. "So the producers asked me to come in and replace Mr. Irons. Sing the last third of 'Be Prepared' in his place." Copyright Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. Believe it or not, Cummings has done this a lot over the course of his career. Stunt singing, Jim calls it. Quickly stepping in and providing the singing voice of an animated character when the celebrity who was initially hired for this role isn't really up to the task. "That's what I did on Anastasia. Christopher Lloyd had trouble with the song that Rasputin was supposed to sing in that animated feature. So I sang in his place," Cummings continued.

"Likewise on Pocahontas, Russell Means wasn't really up to singing Chief Powhatan's song. So Disney brought me in to stunt sing for him as well." Mind you, singing comes easy to Jim. Back when he lived in New Orleans in the early 1980s, Cummings sang and played drums in Fusion, a regionally successful rock band. But truth be told, as much as he loved music, that wasn't the part of show business that Jim really wanted to be in. "As a kid, I just loved cartoons. And as the credits went by, I'd study those names and then try to figure how I could get hired to do what Mel Blanc and Daws Butler did. Create all of these great voices for animated characters," Cummings said. Figuring that it would be easier to break into the voice acting business if he relocated to the West Coast, Jim packed up his family and moved from New Orleans to Anaheim, Calif. where Cummings was managing a video store when opportunity literally walked through the door. "One of my customers had produced this low-budget horror film," Jim remembered.

"So I slipped him my audition tape and asked this guy that -- if he knew of anyone who was looking for new voice talent -- to please pass along my tape. And God bless this guy. He actually did it. Which is how I wound up with my very first job working for Disney." "And what role was that?," you ask. Appropriately enough, it was another lion. Lionel the Lion, to be specific. On the Disney Channel's 1985 live-action / puppet show, Dumbo's Circus. "That was the show that really got me started in voice acting. By the time Dumbo's Circus wrapped production of its 120 episodes, I had an agent and I had scored my first feature film gig. Which was voicing a bullet as well as a couple of weasels in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. And then -- from there -- "Well, I've done a lot of other stuff for Disney," Jim said. Jim Cummings recording dialogue for Disney's new "Winnie the Pooh" animated feature. Photo by Eric Charbonneau. Copyright Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. And Cummings ain't kidding.

During the late 1980s / 1990s, Jim voiced countless characters for the "Disney Afternoon" shows. He was Fat Cat and Professor Nimnul on Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers. Not to mention Don Carnage and Louie on Tailspin. And let's not forget about Cummings voicing the title characters for Bonkers! and DarkWing Duck. But of all the Disney characters that Jim has voiced, his favorite -- more importantly, his most lucrative and long-lasting gig -- has obviously been Winnie the Pooh. "Sterling Holloway, the actor who had originally voiced Pooh, decided to retire in the mid-1980s. Disney decided that they wanted to continue this character with their New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh TV series. So they held auditions and I eventually got the part," Cummings said. "But I just thought that this was a one-time thing. I never ever dreamed that -- nearly a quarter century later -- that I'd still be voicing Pooh.

Or that -- along the way -- I'd wind up voicing Tigger for all of Disney's Winnie the Pooh projects as well." So over the past few months, Jim has popped up a number of times at your local multiplex. He's voiced both Pooh and Tigger in Walt Disney Animation Studios' most recent release. And over this past weekend, he could be heard voicing three different parts in the No. 1 film in the country. Which is the 3-D version of Disney's The Lion King. "As I said earlier, I did some of Jeremy Irons' singing in 'Be Prepared.' I'm also the voice of that mole who tells Mufasa that the hyenas have invaded the Prideland," Cummings continued. "And speaking of hyenas, I'm the guy who voiced Ed. Who doesn't actually ever say anything. He just laughs at whatever is going on around him." Which -- you have to admit -- sounds like kind of a challenge for any voice actor. But Jim is quick to credit Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, the co-directors of Disney's The Lion King, for helping him get a handle on how to voice this hyena.

"Roger and Rob basically created this laundry list of things that they wanted Ed to emote in this movie. Easy-to-identify emotional reactions like 'That was a close one' or 'I'm not so sure about this, guys. Maybe we better get out of here,' " Cummings explained. "And my job was to then translate whatever Ed was supposed to be feeling at that point in the story into a laugh." And given that Allers and Minkoff had been so helpful to him when he was struggling to get a handle on how to properly voice Ed the Hyena, Cummings was quick to come to their rescue when the Lion King directors were trying to sell Nathan Lane and Ernie Sarbella on a new song that they wanted these Broadway vets to perform in this animated feature. You see, Timon and Pumbaa originally had this song in The Lion King called "The Warthog Rhapsody." Which -- while it was funny -- didn't exactly fit that moment in the movie where these two misfits initially meet Simba.

So Elton John and Tim Rice quickly threw together another tune for these characters that then keyed off of this phrase that one of the guides who rode herd on Disney's 1991 research trip to Kenya kept saying over and over again: Hakuna matata. "So they hired myself and Rob Paulsen -- who did the voice of Yakko Warner on 'Animaniacs' -- to sing the demo of 'Hakuna Matata,' " Jim remembered. "Rob sang the part of Timon while I did the voice of Pumbaa. And then they mailed that tape off to Nathan and Ernie." So imagine Cummings' surprise when he sees the finished version of "The Lion King" and -- when "Hakuna Matata" comes on screen -- Lane and Sarbella are doing exactly what he and Paulsen did with this song. The same rhythms, the same phrasing, right down to the way that Timon and Pumbaa handle the song's throwaway lines. That actually happens a lot in Hollywood these days. Professional voice actors are hired to record a temporary demo track. Which then serves as a performance template for whichever celebrity that studio execs actually want to hire to voice a particular role in their new animated feature.

But Jim is fairly philosophical when it comes to this issue. "Look, I take the work seriously. Which is why I always swing for the fences whenever I voice a character. But that said, I don't take myself all that seriously," Cummings said. "Which is why I don't sweat studio-level stuff like this." Besides, it's not like Jim is actually hurting for work these days. In addition to continuing to voice Pooh and Tigger for any Winnie the Pooh projects that Disney has in the works, Cummings has an ongoing gig with Mickey Mouse Playhouse voicing Mickey Mouse's longtime nemesis, Pete. And Jim just did some work on Sophie the First, a brand-new pilot for Disney Junior. But this week, Jim is out thumping the tub for The Lion King 3-D. Which -- right after this acclaimed animated feature finishes up its limited theatrical release on September 29 -- the Disney Digital 3-D version of this movie debuts on Blu-ray October 4. "This has been a fun film to be associated with over these past 17 years," Cummings concluded. "And I'm not lion." Jim Hill is an award-winning entertainment writer who lives in New Boston, N.H.

Over the past 30 years, he has interviewed hundreds of veterans of the animation and themed entertainment industry and written extensively about The Walt Disney Company. For more of his musings on movies, TV shows, books and theme parks, please check out his blog, jimhillmedia.com . Follow Jim Hill on Twitter: More: The Lion King - Cast Images | Behind The Voice Actors The Lion King US Theatrical: Jun 15, 1994 US Home Media: Mar 03, 1995 Japan Theatrical: Jul 23, 1994 said at 7:09 PM on Fri Nov 25 2016 there's gonna be a live-action remake of this I mean can't they just bring back the old cast for this? I think the only part you need to worry about is who's playing the younger versions of Simba and Nala 1 Shout Out! The sound clip of Scar I'm hearing here (as well as the Scar voice compare) doesn't sound like it's from the movie, it sounds like a deleted scene.

The music in this scene is, but instead of what Scar says here, it's where he and the hyenas say these lines: Scar: Charmed. Shenzi: Oh I like that, he's not king but he's still so proper. Banzai: Hey Scar, did you bring us something to eat, old buddy old pal, huh? Did ya did ya did ya? Scar: I don't think you really deserve this. I practically gift-wrapped those cubs for you, and you couldn't even dispose of them. Shenzi: Well you know, it wasn't exactly like they were alone Scar. Banzai: Yeah, what we supposed to do? Kill Mufasa? Scar: Precisely. 2 Shout Outs! @Jacob M. Keene I think it's specifically from the soundtrack. I remember reading a while back that it was going to originally be part of the movie, but with Scar having not interacted with the Hyenas beforehand, with the song convincing them to join him, rather than them already being with him before he sang the song.

It's been a while and my memory's kind of foggy, so I could've gotten a few things about it wrong and I can't remember the specific reason why they cut that out or changed the order of events, but I tried to remember the details as best as I could. said at 8:25 PM on Thu Dec 25 2014 @Metabad I see. PurpleWarrior13 said at 11:22 PM on Sat Mar 1 2014 I haven't seen this film in about 15 years, but I do love the music it has (which I have listened to since), especially Elton John's version of Circle of Life (I also recommend the Japanese version). There's a lot (good and bad) I can say about this film, but I do find it interesting that it came out only NINE DAYS after I was born. I didn't know it was that soon... 2 Shout Outs! I admit; I don't like this film very much; or at least not as much as I used to. However, there's one thing I can still appreciate about it; Greg Drolette's backgrounds.

The colours are just gorgeous and that's what makes it a great looking movie. said at 1:58 AM on Mon Jul 28 2014 @BlankSlate Oh and Hans Zimmer's score; so deeply beautiful and emotional. 4 Shout Outs! I Love this dang movie. it was one of the first movies I've ever seen. These are some words that come to mind when I think of this movie: Phenomenal, amazing, fantastic, beautiful, incredible, fun, joyous, mind-blowing, best, awesome, creative, mesmerizing, shocking, great, neat, breath-taking, worth watching, spectacular, unbelievable, wowing, favorite, holy cow, OMG, fabulous, & this rocks. I absolutely love Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Nathan Lane, Cheech Marin, Whoopi Goldberg, Jeremy Irons, & Rowan Atkinson. This is so action-packed, & it always puts a smile on my face. Every time I see this, my heart just gets a little bit bigger. Plus, I freakin' love Timon & Pumbaa! They're hilarious. 4 Shout Outs! This movie has what I like to call the "Avatar Principle".

The movie Avatar has a cliche moral with a done-to-death story and cardboard cutout characters. Despite that, the film draws you in with the world they create and how beautiful and creative it is. With the Lion King, the story is also one we know, the characters ones we've seen before, and the associated cliches we come to expect in a Disney movie(the comic relief sidekicks, death of a family member, ec.). But GOOD GOD, the world it creates is gorgeous! The animation is amazing, the African scenery is beautiful, and the epic scope is fantastic. The music, is absolutely perfect. The songs by Elton John, the orchestra by Han Zimmer, that amazing African choir, it all sets the mood so amazingly. So even though this movie has more cliches than I can count on my fingers, I still consider it my favorite Disney movie. Jeremy Irons - IMDb IMDb Actor | Soundtrack | Producer Elegant and handsome British actor Jeremy Irons was born in Cowes, Isle of Wight, a small island just off the south coast of England. He is the son of Barbara Anne Brereton (Sharpe) and Paul Dugan Irons, an accountant. Young Jeremy didn't prove very fond of figures.

A typical islander, he used to go to mainland England only once a year. He wound ... See full bio » Born: a list of 23 people created 05 Dec 2010 a list of 32 people created 04 Mar 2013 a list of 27 people created 15 Dec 2013 a list of 25 people created 05 Aug 2014 a list of 29 people created 19 Aug 2014 Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Jeremy Irons's work have you seen? User Polls Won 1 Oscar. Another 27 wins & 31 nominations.

See more awards » Known For 2012 The Simpsons (TV Series) Bar Rag 2010 Arena (TV Series documentary) Various Characters 2000 Ohio Impromptu (TV Short) Reader / Listener 1990 The Civil War (TV Mini-Series documentary) Various 1983 The Captain's Doll (TV Movie) Captain Alex Hepworth 1975 The Liberty Tree (TV Movie) Samuel Ross - Top 11 Villain Songs (2010) ... (performer: "Be Prepared" (1994) - uncredited) 1997 Lolita (performer: "My Carmen") 1994 The Lion King (performer: "Be Prepared" (1994), "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" (1944)) 1990 Sing Yourself Silly!

(Video short) (performer: "Put Down the Duckie" (1986) - uncredited) 1989 A Chorus of Disapproval (performer: "All Through the Night", "Let Us Take The Road", "Tom Tinker's My True Love", "Lumps of Pudding" Traditional - uncredited) 1988 Sesame Street, Special (TV Movie) (performer: "Put Down the Duckie") Scar | Disney Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia [Source] “As Mufasa's brother, Scar was next in line to take the throne until Simba came along. Scar's lack of physical prowess is more than made up for by his devious cunning as he plots to take back his birthright with his henchman hyenas by his side. He is a selfish and greedy leader, nearly destroying the pride and the land in which they lived.” ―Scar's official synopsis [1] Scar is the main antagonist of Disney 's 1994 animated feature film, The Lion King .

He was the second son of Ahadi and Uru —who were, at one time, King and Queen of the Pride Lands —the younger brother of Mufasa and the uncle of Simba . He is a primary member of the Disney Villains franchise. Contents Background Adolescent Taka with Mufasa and Ahadi in Tale of Two Brothers. As revealed in " A Tale of Two Brothers ", Scar was once named Taka, and had become upset when he learned that his older brother Mufasa was chosen to be king over himself. He wanders off to talk to three hyenas named Shenzi, Banzai and Ed , who tell him that if Mufasa is made to look like a failure, then he will look kingly in comparison and soon take the throne. This leads to Taka tricking his brother into going down to the waterhole, where a Cape buffalo called Boma is refusing to share the water with the rest of The Pride Lands which, at the time, is having a terrible drought.

While there Mufasa starts to try to reason with Boma and Taka roars and tells Boma that he must move by order of the Lion King, or fight Mufasa, Boma then charges out of the water at Mufasa. Mufasa escapes with the aid of an ape called Rafiki , and Boma goes after Taka instead. Mufasa runs back and finds Taka being attacked by Boma's herd. A large buffalo slashes Taka with his horns, causing him to be knocked unconscious. Mufasa leaps in to save his brother and the buffaloes prepare to attack again. Before they can do so, King Ahadi, father of Taka and Mufasa, appears with a large herd of animals that surrounds the Buffaloes. It was during this attack that Taka got a scar on his eye, and renamed himself Scar, as a reminder of his mistake. Personality Scar was known to be very resentful of Mufasa and Simba because Simba's birth ruined any chance of him becoming king, suggesting why he envies both Mufasa and Simba.

His resentment and anger towards Mufasa were strong enough that, after he usurped Mufasa's place on the throne by murdering him, he outlawed Mufasa's name being uttered, especially not in a favorable light and for anyone who defied the law, he'd do a physical assault to them. He seemed to possess somewhat of an inferiority complex, which presumably also acted as another reason for his resentment for Mufasa, as evidenced by his sad resignation to the fact that he was passed over in the gene pool regarding brute strength.

Scar is egotistical and prides himself on his intelligence, saying "As far as brains go, I got the lion share" and was somewhat of a narcissist, the latter trait being especially prevalent when plotting the murder of Mufasa after the hyenas' failed attempt at murdering Simba at the Elephant Graveyard where he mentions that when he becomes king, they will see him "for the wonder I am." He has some odd quirks that he is aware of, as when Simba affectionately states "You're so weird," Scar tells Simba "You have no idea" (although this specific line was an intentional in-joke referring to Reversal of Fortune, in which Jeremy Irons utters the same line). Scar was heavily sardonic, frequently replying to attempts at conversation with sarcasm and subtle insults. After taking over Pride Rock, Scar's overall demeanor took a turn for the worse, becoming somewhat deluded, if not in self-denial, in believing that he is still an efficient ruler despite clear evidence to the contrary, apparently being unwilling to admit even to himself that Mufasa was a better king or finding fault in his own leadership.

He seemed to also develop serious paranoia after Simba returned regarding what Simba was going to do with him, as he attempted to attack Simba after Simba repeated the same words Scar told him when Simba planned to exile Scar for murdering Mufasa due to fear that Simba would pull a similar stunt that Scar himself pulled on Simba after he said those words. In addition, when Simba first revealed himself upon his return to Pride Rock before Scar realized it was Simba, Scar backed away while in disbelief that Mufasa survived, fearful that his role in Mufasa's death would be exposed. Scar was a coward at heart, preferring to run away from violence and manipulate others into fighting his own battles for him although when backed into a corner, he would fight back, although this could also be because he would lose everything if he lost. In the face of his cowardice, he was really strong-willed and determined, defending his throne to his last breath. Scar was highly intelligent as he himself liked to boast, easily able to manipulate situations and conversations to his advantage. However, he was lazy, hedonistic and self-centered, causing him to be a desperate ruler.

He liked to pretend to be physically weak stating "When it comes to brute strength, I'm at the shallow end of the gene pool" in order to get his opponents to underestimate him. Despite this, he was actually a fierce fighter who held his own against the bigger and much younger Simba and came very close to killing him. However, Scar will not hesitate to cheat in a fight, as seen when he flings embers into Simba's eyes, temporarily blinding him, to gain the upper paw. Scar was a very charismatic individual, able to inspire the hyenas to follow his cause and gain fanatical loyalty from Zira and her pride of lionesses, even in death. Regarding his treatment of Shenzi, Banzai and Ed, he was somewhat harsh with them, as evidenced by his berating them regarding their failure to kill Simba, and his angrily throwing them out after they made the mistake of mentioning Mufasa.

Despite this, however, he seemed to value them as friends, as evidenced by his remark when he finds the hyenas waiting for him before he realized they intended to kill him for his remarks, as well as his attempts at apologizing to them falling on deaf ears when he realized it was too late to ask for forgiveness. He was also a sadist, convincing his own nephew he was responsible for Mufasa's death and then taunting him for it further. Despite his negative traits, he did attempt to encourage Zazu to sing a more "bouncy" song, other than "It's a Small World After All", which he apparently finds to be extremely annoying (like a lot of people do in real life), because when Zazu starts to sing it, Scar snaps at him, telling him to stop ("NO, no! Anything but that!"). Physical appearance Scar is elegant and poised, but also unkempt and wild looking. He also speaks with an English accent. He is perhaps the most evidently feline lion in the film, lithe and melanistic in appearance with a sleek, black mane, brownish-orange fur, and distinctive, almond-shaped neon green eyes.

He has large, tan paws with long, curving black claws that unlike those of other lions in the film are always bared and never retracted, perhaps alluding to his vicious nature. Scar also sports a white goatee beard, characteristic of villains, particularly the evil twin archetype which is fitting given his relationship with Mufasa . Finally, Scar has a small, thin, red scar over his left eye, thus earning him his namesake (which happened during his younger days). Some of his physical traits were also based in part on his original voice actor, Jeremy Irons. Appearances The Lion King Scar in The Lion King. Scar remained bitterly jealous of his elder brother but was allowed to live in the Pride Lands. He did not attend Simba's presentation, much to Mufasa's disgust. During this time, he also tried to eat a mouse, although he was ultimately forced to let the mouse escape when Zazu told him off for missing Simba's presentation, causing Scar to attempt to exact revenge on Zazu by eating him instead until Mufasa interfered, forcing him to spit Zazu out. Scar also implied when Mufasa warned him not to walk away that he might attack Mufasa should he be distracted.

He also briefly lamented that he may be cast out of the gene pool anyways before leaving Pride Rock dejected. As some time passed, Scar rapidly became jealous of his nephew Simba's position as the next king of Pride Rock and started plotting to kill him in order to take out the competition for the throne himself. He started to recruit hyenas, primarily Shenzi, Banzai and Ed , to build an army. He used bribes of food to get them on his side. " Be Prepared " The first attempt the hyenas made was to kill Simba after tricking the cub into entering their territory with his best friend, Nala . When Mufasa foiled that plan, Scar saw the whole scene with great unhappiness. Later, Scar admonishes the hyenas for failing to kill Simba, even when it was clear that Simba only survived due to Mufasa's interference. However, he ends up getting the idea to kill both Mufasa and Simba, after feeding them a zebra's leg when Banzai sardonically asked whether Scar should kill Mufasa to get the throne.

He promises that under his rule, they will never go hungry again, a promise which he clearly could not (and ultimately failed to) keep. "Long live the King." With their help, he engineers a wildebeest stampede meant to kill both Simba and Mufasa, tricking Simba into waiting in a gorge under the notion that Mufasa has a 'marvelous surprise' for him. Scar then sends Mufasa to save Simba. Mufasa manages to save his son and ends up clinging to a cliff where he spots Scar and pleads with his brother to help him. However, Scar instead viciously grips Mufasa's paws with his claws and, grinning evilly, throws his brother off the cliff to his death with the impersonating words, "Long live the king". Scar discovers Simba still alive and makes him think that it is his fault Mufasa is dead. He then convinces Simba to run away, and never return. Scar then sends the hyenas to kill Simba. They fail this task, though Shenzi felt that allowing the cub to flee into the desert would kill him eventually and they would kill him if he survived and returned.

Thus, they let the cub escape, and lie to Scar. Scar then took over the Pride Lands, using the hyena clan as muscle to ensure his reign goes undisputed. Under his rule, the Pride Lands were over-hunted by the hyenas, and the excess of predators drove the herds away, while a drought deprived them of water. Likewise, he also enacts a law that says the subjects may not mention Mufasa at all, especially not in a more favorable light. If they do, he would kill them. A tyrannical Scar ruling over a now barren Pride Lands. Even with the hyena clan and the Pride on the brink of starvation, Scar refuses to allow anybody to leave or do anything about it, descending into madness and insisting that he is still a mighty king. He later questions Sarabi , Simba's mother and Mufasa's widowed queen, as to why she and the rest of the lions are not hunting for food to which she replies there is nothing left and suggests they leave Pride Rock to survive. However, Scar rejects the idea, in which she tells him that he is sentencing everyone to death. Scar condones to the fact and declares that as king he can do whatever he wants.

With Sarabi pushed beyond composure, she openly compares Scar to Mufasa in a condescending manner, angering Scar to the point of violence against Mufasa's widowed queen. Just as this occurred, Simba, alive and well, returns and confronts the anxious Scar, who initially mistakes his nephew for Mufasa's ghost. Simba orders Scar to resign as king or engage in battle for the throne. Knowing he lacks the physical strength for battle as a result of his age, Scar initiates a trial against Simba, blaming him for Mufasa's death in an attempt to turn the pride against him. Simba, still believing it was he who was responsible for his father's death, admits his "crime", allowing Scar to execute him as punishment. Scar and Simba battle to the death. Before he does so, Scar admits to Simba that it was he who was truly responsible for Mufasa's death, enraging the younger lion. Simba furiously tackles Scar and threatens to kill him unless he confesses his crime, and with no other choice, Scar reveals the truth to the observing pride.

This leads to a battle in which the lionesses, Timon , Pumbaa and Rafiki , work together to defeat the hyenas. Scar tries to escape, but Simba corners him on the top of Pride Rock, and Scar, knowing he is not strong enough to defeat Simba, is hesitant to fight. Instead of owning up to his actions, he tries to blame everything on the hyenas, unaware that Shenzi, Banzai and Ed have followed him and heard him, resulting in them angrily stepping away and alerting the defeated hyenas to his betrayal. When Simba chooses to exile Scar rather than kill him, Scar appears to concede, but then blinds his nephew by brushing embers into his face. Scar attacks his nephew and they engage in a fierce fight, the elder lion eventually knocking Simba onto his back. Scar pays the price for trying to blame his brother's death on the hyenas. However, as Scar leaps to deliver the deathblow, Simba uses his hind legs to hurl Scar over the edge, sending him flying off Pride Rock and tumbling down the cliff. Scar survives the fall and as he slowly gets to his feet, the hyenas arrive.

At first, Scar is relieved to see his "friends", but to his horror, they reveal they overheard Scar blaming his crimes on them, and, in their hunger and vengeance, they begin to surround their treacherous fallen master. Scar begs for mercy and attempts to explain his earlier statements, but the hyenas ignore him; they surround Scar with wide grins and close in, trampling Scar and violently mauling him to death as flames engulf them, killing them as well. The Lion King II: Simba's Pride Scar in Simba's nightmare in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride. Despite his ultimate demise, Scar maintained the loyalty of the Outsiders , a pride of lionesses led by a lioness named Zira , who were banished to the Outlands by Simba. Zira was fanatically loyal to Scar and intended to install her son Kovu as King of Pride Rock , as he was chosen by Scar to be his heir. They would continue to create trouble for Simba in the following years. Scar also appeared in Simba's dream. Mufasa clings to the high cliff above the stampede and an adult Simba tries to save his father.

However, Scar grabs Simba's paw stopping from reaching him and Mufasa falls off the cliff, Scar morphs into Kovu and throws Simba into the stampede. In addition, Scar was also mentioned by Simba when he explains to Kovu the true history of the fight between Scar and him. He also implies during this time that, in addition to the Hyenas exacting revenge on Scar, Scar also ended up burned alive by the wildfire. Scar makes another brief appearance when Kovu is exiled from the Pride Lands by Simba, he stops by a lake where he sees Scar's reflection instead of his own as Mufasa did to Simba . In the end, Scar's dying wish would be fulfilled (Kovu becoming the king of the Pride Lands) since Simba would choose Kovu to become king. However, unlike Scar's plan, Kovu ruled for the benefit of all his subjects, and not for his own sake. The Lion King 1½ Scar in The Lion King 1½. In the direct-to-video "parallel film" The Lion King 1½, Scar makes a few brief, non-speaking appearances in the scenes for which he was present in the original Lion King film.

Scar's song, "Be Prepared" is heard briefly as Timon and Pumbaa tour Scar's lair as a possible new home, commenting on how it is quiet, secluded and with no uninvited visitors. The shadows of the goose-stepping hyena army are then seen marching in front of them, though they haven't started singing yet. He is also mentioned by Nala when tells Timon and Pumbaa that Simba needs their help in order to defeat Scar. Later, he is shown making Simba fall over Pride Rock's peak and fleeing from Simba after admitting he murdered Mufasa, where the hyenas were protecting him. Finally, after Timon, Ma, Pumbaa, and Uncle Max defeat the hyenas, Simba kicks Scar over the side of Pride Rock's summit, into the hole the hyenas fell into, and to his death. The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar A mural depicting Mufasa, Scar, and the deceased members of the Lion Guard. Due to his death, Scar makes no physical appearance in the film, though he appears on a wall mural and is heavily mentioned and alluded to throughout the events that unfold. A bit of Scar's backstory is also revealed.

As part of tradition to all second born children of the Lion King, Scar, when he was younger, served as leader of the Lion Guard ; a team of lions who would protect the Pride Lands and the Circle of Life, having had a power called the " Roar of the Elders ", which, when used, would cause the previous Kings of the Pride Lands to roar along with him. However, the power went to Scar's head and he vainly believed that with this power, he should be king instead of Mufasa. But when the rest of the Lion Guard refused to help him overthrow Mufasa, Scar furiously used his Roar of the Elders to destroy them. Due to using his powers for evil, Scar lost his power completely and descended into depression, becoming shriveled and horrible. Simba's second born son, Kion , is told of this story, and desperately makes an effort to refrain from using his powers for evil, and becoming a dark figure in the vain of his great-uncle. Cameos and other appearances Scar makes a few cameos meant for comedy purposes in the animated series Timon & Pumbaa .

He is seen when Timon tries to revive Pumbaa's amnesia after being struck by lightning, and when Zazu cleans out his trash can. In Hercules , Scar makes a cameo as a lion skin briefly worn by Hercules at one point, which in itself was a reference to one of Hercules' twelve labors, which was killing the Nemean Lion. It may also be a reference to a wisecrack made by Zazu in the first film, where he suggested that Scar is made into a throw rug. Scar in House of Mouse. In House of Mouse , Scar made few minor cameos. In the episode " Jiminy Cricket ", Jiminy used Scar as an example of temptations. At the end of that same episode, Scar was seen aside some of the other guests when they were arguing over Jiminy. In the episode " Ask Von Drake ", Scar can be briefly seen being held by Rafiki just as Simba was in the film. In the animated blooper reel featured in the The Lion King: Diamond Edition special features, Scar makes a cameo appearance, seen botching his line during Simba's climactic trial at Pride Rock.

In the Disney Crossy Road: The Animated Series episode "Hyena Havoc", Scar appears in pursuit of Simba, alongside the hyenas. Simba crosses a road of animals for safety, and Scar orders the hyenas to capture him. Once they fail, Scar attempts to cross the road, himself, though he is comically trampled in the process, humiliating him. Video game appearances Kingdom Hearts II Largely following the story of the film, Scar is the tyrannical ruler of the Pridelands, after earning his throne through regicide (the murder of King Mufasa and supposedly Prince Simba). At some point, Scar meets Pete , an invader on a quest to dominate the worlds using a legion of demons known as the Heartless. Together, they rule the pride with discipline until Sora , Donald and Goofy arrive. With little food elsewhere, Scar attempts to devour the trio, only to be stopped by Nala, allowing them to escape. Once they do, they head out to find Simba, who was revealed to be alive by Sora. The group eventually finds him, and together, they return to Pride Rock to battle Scar.

The tyrant is forced into revealing he killed Mufasa, and a battle breaks loose, resulting in Scar's demise. However, the darkness of anger and jealously corrupts the lion and revives him in the form of a Heartless, drenching the Pride Lands in darkness, as well. Sora and friends battle Scar, and he is eventually killed off for good. During the second visit, it is revealed an army of Scar's ghost is haunting the Pridelands. According to Rafiki, the ghosts feed off of Simba's insecurity towards being king. As a manifestation, Scar constantly tortures and taunts the new ruler, until a turn of events prompts Simba to stand up to the demon, finally having the courage necessary to send him off for good. However, the army then comes together and converge to create the Groundshaker . Other games Like the cameo in the film Hercules, Scar also makes a cameo as a throw rug in a specific area of the game Hades Challenge . Like before, the cameo also references one of Hercules' twelve labors, specifically his defeating the Nemean Lion.

In Epic Mickey , Scar appears as a stained-glass portrait in the Mad Doctor's laboratory along with Maleficent and Captain Hook . There are also two lion statues in the courtyard of Dark Beauty Castle that bare resemblance to Scar. Scar also appeared as an unlockable costume character in Disney Universe . He is also the boss of the last level of The Lion King universe, where you ride on a train for transportation to battle him with a cannon. Musical Scar in the Broadway musical. Scar is the main villain in the Broadway musical adaptation of The Lion King. In the original run of the show, in 1997, the character of Scar was portrayed by John Vickery , and is generally portrayed as an intellectual, immature prince, with a heavy hint of comedic elements in an (arguably) more prominent light than his animated counterpart. Scar's role is also expanded upon with the song " The Madness of King Scar ". In it, Scar begins doubting his reign, fearing that he might be losing the respect of the lionesses and indirectly receives an idea from Zazu that he needs a queen to ensure that his family line continues for generations, thus giving him immortality.

He attempts to seduce Nala when he chooses her as his queen, promising to share the throne with her, to bear many cubs and to love her dearly, but she rebukes him by scratching his face after realizing what this would truly mean for her. The musical also implies that he might harbor some guilt for murdering Mufasa , as he mentions that Mufasa's ghost kept on haunting him. The musical also implies that his main motives for wanting to become king were due to neglect that he suffered while he was young, especially in comparison to Mufasa. Disneyland Resort In World of Color , Scar can be briefly seen in the water projectors and heard vocally throughout a sequence based on the wildebeest stampede from the film. In addition, Scar was featured in the 2015 rendition of the show , during the brief montage celebrating villains. Walt Disney World Resort Scar plays a role in Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom . In Adventureland , Scar returns from the dead via Hades and is given a proposition to live forever in exchange for the crystal of the Magic Kingdom. Scar tricks the hyenas into believing he is invincible and forces them to work for him again.

However, the park guests prove that Scar lied by injuring him in front of the hyenas, prompting them to leave their former boss. Scar decides to battle the guests himself but is soon defeated. Hades gives Scar a second chance and transforms him into a hellish storm. Scar battles the park guests yet again but is once again defeated sending him back to the underworld. He was briefly seen in the final battle when he, Hades, and the other villains ended up getting trapped in the crystal of the Magic Kingdom by the park guests. Scar appears as one of the main villains in the live nighttime spectacular Fantasmic! . In the show Scar is called fourth by The Queen to destroy Mickey Mouse once and for all. In the end, Scar is killed by Mickey along with the other villains. His only line was "Yes, perfect." Aboard the Disney Dream , Scar and the hyenas are featured in Villains Tonight as some of the villains that assist Hades in retaining ownership of the Underworld. Their motif in the show resembles that of a biker gang. Gallery The Disney Wiki has a collection of images and media related to Scar .

Trivia Scar is based on Claudius from Hamlet who was a prince who murdered his brother the king for the sake of his throne. However, unlike the completely evil Scar, Claudius had a kind side and genuinely believed that he could make the country a better place and was a highly competent king whereas Scar cared only for himself. Like Scar, Claudius was cunning, intelligent, manipulative, charismatic and cowardly. Unlike the completely evil Scar, Claudius repented from his wrongdoings but did not reveal the secret about his brother's murder to his nephew. Technically, Scar would still be king if he did not kill Simba since Simba was too young to be king, though he would have to reliquish the title when Simba comes of age. Scar's birth name Taka is the Swahili word for "want". Fitting considering his desire to rule the Pride Lands. He is also similar to the Shakespearean villain Iago from Othello, being sadistic, charming, smooth-talking, bitter, envious and narcissistic.

While Jeremy Irons voices Scar for most of the movie, he blew out his voice recording "Be Prepared" (Specifically the line "You won't get a sniff without me!"), and the rest of the song is sung by Jim Cummings. Ironically, "Be Prepared" is also where Ed (also voiced by Jim Cummings) has his only line that is not laughter. Scar is one of the most popular and favored Disney villains. In an original draft for the ending of The Lion King, Scar was to be shown burned alive when Simba hurls him off the ledge, with Scar laughing as he did so (presumably due to completely losing his sanity over losing everything), which also results in Pride Rock's destruction. This ending was cut presumably because of the ending's dark nature for a Disney film. Although it was ultimately cut, Simba's Pride nonetheless implied that fire was partially involved in Scar's death. Ironically, the final version of his death (see below) was based on an alternate ending of Beauty and the Beast that was cut for the same reasons why the original ending was cut.

Originally, Scar was going to send adult Nala away from Pride Rock because she ignored his romantic approaches, after which she finds Simba alive and well with Timon and Pumbaa. This idea was ultimately abandoned, as sexual harassment (and sexual advances in particular) was considered improper in a family movie at the time. However, the stage musical adaptation includes this plot development as part of director Julie Taymor's efforts to expand the female characters' presence in the story. This deleted scene can be seen in the Blu-ray's special features. The same scene, The Madness of King Scar , also gave further credence that he held remorse for murdering Mufasa, where he was often haunted by his ghost a'la Macbeth, something that was subtly implied in the final film itself when Scar initially mistook Simba for Mufasa and backed away in disbelief. Originally, Scar would chase Simba out of the Pride Lands himself. Originally, Scar would have been a rogue lion who was not related to Mufasa.

The final version of Scar's death (being killed by the Hyenas in revenge for pinning the blame of Mufasa's murder on them) was based on an original draft for Gaston 's demise in Beauty and the Beast, in which the wolves would have attacked him after surviving the fall from the Beast's castle with a broken leg. Scar's death is perhaps one of the most graphic Disney deaths ever, even with the flames obscuring the screen as the hyenas tear him apart with them burning alive as well. During Scar's final battle against Simba, Scar actually draws Simba's blood; if you look closely at the scene during when Scar's paw hits Simba's face in slow motion before he knocks him down, drops of blood sprays from Simba's mouth. This makes Scar one of the few Disney villains to physically draw someone's blood in an animated film, along with Gaston from Beauty and the Beast, Dr. Facilier from the Princess and the Frog (he needed a few drops of Naveen's blood to maintain his voodoo spell), Sabor from Tarzan, Shan Yu from Mulan and the Gwythaints from The Black Cauldron.

Scar apparently hates the song It's a Small World After All, as he tells Zazu "No, no. Anything but that" when he tries to sing it. Scar is the first Disney villain to be biologically related to one of the protagonists in the Disney canon. The previous villains such as the Evil Queen and Lady Tremaine were related to the main protagonists only by marriage, and although Ursula was intended to be Ariel 's aunt and Belle was originally supposed to have an antagonistic aunt named Marguerite , the concepts relating to them were cut, and in the case of Ursula, it is now only considered semi-canon due to the musical. Scar is one of the few Disney villains in the Kingdom Hearts series , and the only Disney villain in Kingdom Hearts II , to not use the Heartless as his minions. When he murdered Mufasa, he was originally supposed to say "Good night, sweet prince!" immediately before throwing him off, referring to the Shakespearian play Hamlet. However, it was changed to Scar smugly saying "Long live the king!" to Mufasa because the former line seemed too "self-aware" to be taken seriously.

In the alternate ending, Scar also was supposed to say the former line when attempting to finish off Simba, but it was instead changed to Scar admitting his crime to his nephew. Malcolm McDowell and Tim Curry were once considered for the role of Scar. Scar's greed for power is very similar to Adolf Hitler when he stands on a cliff and looks on his Hyena "army" in "Be Prepared". It shows the classic Nazi-Germany influence with hundreds of "soldiers" on the march when their "dictator" is watching on at the moment of power. Scar makes a nod to an earlier film starring Jeremy Irons. When Simba remarks that Scar is weird, Scar replies "You have no idea". The character played by Irons makes exactly the same response to this statement in the film, Reversal of Fortune, although this would probably not be realized by younger viewers. During his reign, he shared the knowledge of the Roar of the Elders with Zira . References

Question: Who was the voice of Scar in the film The Lion King?
Answer: JEREMY IRONS